Heritage Minutes: Nursing Sisters
Nursing Sisters serve at the No. 3 Canadian Stationary Hospital in France during the First World War.
Nursing Sisters serve at the No. 3 Canadian Stationary Hospital in France during the First World War.
Siobhan Williams
Eden Lyal Pringle
Myla Southward
Eleanor Jean Thompson
Molly Parker
Narrator (voice)
Nursing Sisters serve at the No. 3 Canadian Stationary Hospital in France during the First World War.
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In 1942, an intelligence officer in North Africa encounters a female French Resistance fighter on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. When they reunite in London, their relationship is tested by the pressures of war.
A World War II submarine commander finds himself stuck with a damaged sub, a con-man executive officer, and a group of army nurses.
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